PEACE Reports Progress in Flood
Recovery
Becci Burchett - peacemexico.org
September 21, 2010
Punta de Mita, Nayarit - As the rain finally lightens up and the sun graces us with its presence, many
community members are partnering with PEACE, passionate volunteers and local NGO’s (CVIS & Entre
Amigos) to help in the recovery effort.
Last Friday, September 17th, PEACE organized a group of 32 volunteers from all over the Bay of
Banderas, who came together to help those in need! A group of 14 volunteers spent the morning
cleaning up trash at the beach in Litibu and collected 30 jumbo trash bags full of plastic, glass,
styrofoam, tires, barbed wire and more! The plastic and glass were dropped off at PEACE’s bodega
to be sorted and recycled.
(photos
by
Nikhol
Esterás
Roberts)
Meanwhile in San Ignacio, 10 volunteers partnered with 7 local youth and the town judge and recovered
over 100 plants and planter boxes buried in mud at Don Enrique’s nursery, removed the mud covering the
back side of Doña Andrea’s home, and cleaned the playground at the elementary school.
On Saturday, the Puerto Vallarta 4x4 Club arrived at the Casa Campesina in Emiliano Zapata with seven
truck loads of donations! This week, we will help Guamúchil by draining the septic tank at the elementary
school as the rains have filled it up, thus causing an array of problems in the bathrooms at the school.
Thank you for your continued support and amazing donations! We have a project coordinator who meets
with the town judges and community members weekly in order to assess the most vital community needs
and, as a team, we are distributing the donations accordingly.
The current needs in the towns are:
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Dry and Canned Food
Fans
Kitchen Supplies
Mattresses
Sheets
Chairs
Small Electric Stoves
Shoes for Adults and Children
We are still in need of monetary donations in order to purchase the supplies to rebuild the affected homes
and communities. To donate, please visit PeaceMexico.org.
Long-term needs:
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Reconstruction of homes: Construction Supplies
Construction Tools
Bridge Repairs
Street Repairs
Donation Collection Locations:
La Cruz de Huanacaxtle - Lori Wilson
Contact: (329) 295-5502, lori(at)wiloran.com
Collection points:
• Coral #8 esquina Huachinango, La Cruz
• Marina Riviera Nayarit
Bucerias - Sue Fornoff
Contact: (329) 298-2053, sioux4noff(at)aol.com
Collection points:
• Pie in the Sky, Heroe de Nacozari #202(lateral off Hwy 200) Bucerias
• Casa Tranquila, José María Morelos 7, Bucerias
Nuevo Vallarta - Laurie Ailworth
Contact: (322) 297-6564, lailworth(at)yahoo.com
Collection point:
• Vallarta Yacht Club, Paseo de los Cocoteros (next to Paradise Village Mall)
Puerto Vallarta Collections
• Calle de Belice #1468 - Col. Lazaro Cardenas
• El Sofa Café, Calle Carranza - (in front of The Deli & Papeleria Limon)
Contact: Sra. Amaranta, (322) 223-8446
Punta de Mita Collections
Hotel Quinta Del Sol, Hidalgo 162 PTE
Coordinators: Tanya Diaz (tanya.diaz(at)gmail.com) and Anibal Morales
If you would like to be part of this community effort, please contact Nicole Majewski at
nicole(at)peacemexico.org or 322-182-3185 to learn how you can help. To make a donation, please
visit PeaceMexico.org.